“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” ― Rumi

"Inside there is total serenity and peace. No planning, no strategising, no personal identity is there. Just the space of pure being....excerpt" - Mooji

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The things we hide are often seen once in the light, as not true at all, but just a long forgotten idea of ourselves or something taken on in error, as the truth is, all is love, that is everything, and nothing else matters.

And being true to yourself means being gentle with those hidden parts,giving them the respect and love until they feel safe to be looked at and exposed for what they are, which is just our unknowing, until we know more.

The world needs each of us to be great, to step up, to make a difference albeit in our own way, to try to make a difference against the troubles and harsh reality going on everywhere. If we just bring our loving best to it, maybe we can help toward healing what needs to be healed. Thank you for your voice of love in the world.

JAD mixed media art by Julia Antica Dean

My Tips.

(For recovering perfectionists like myself)

Give up trying to make it work. Allow yourself to fail,to fall. Allow your brush to slide through air as if it has a life of it's own. Opening up to wonder-full possibility. Moving through your known into your unknown. You just might learn to fly......JD

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It has been a life challenge to follow my heart without letting my head interrupt. Art has led me toward feeling more peaceful within. Making art enables me to more freely express my true self. Anything can happen when I paint, and that is okay. I now allow myself to let go, and accept what is showing up. I am a recovering perfectionist, and I'm finally learning that everything is just fine- just as it is.